Boxset / Compilation · 2004
Tracklist
1 It Could Happen To You (VanHeusen, Burke) 3:12
2 Lover Man (Ramirez, Davis, Sherman) 3:09
3 Strike Up the Band (Gershwin, Gershwin) 2:00
4 I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart (Ellington, Redmond, Mills, Nemo) 2:57
5 Once In a While (Edwards, Green) 3:33
6 Young Lesley (Mitchell) 3:41
7 You Stepped Out of a Dream (Brown, Kahn) 3:10
8 Over the Rainbow (Arlen, Harburg) 2:57
9 Perdido (Tizol, Drake, Lengsfelder) 3:11
10 Why Don't You Take Up the Piccolo ? (Mitchell) 3:03
11 Rosetta (Hine, Woode) 3:19
12 Gee, Baby, Ain’t I Good To You (Redman, Razaf) 3:29
13 Out of Nowhere (Heyman, Green) 2:39
14 My Heart Is a Hobo (Burke, VanHeusen) 3:06
15 Fidgety Feet (Gershwin, Gershwin) 3:18
16 Potatoes (Garcia) 3:10
17 Let’s Get Lost (McHugh, Loesser) 2:04
18 Spain (Jones, Kahn) 2:38
19 The Things I Love (Barlow, Harris) 3:45
20 Some of These Days (Brooks) 3:04
21 Give Me The Simple Life (Ruby, Bloom) 3:35
22 Indian Blanket (Puma) 3:55
Line-up/Musicians
[# 1-10]
Don Stratton - tp
Tom Stewart - t hrn
Steve Lacy - ss
Joe Puma - g
Whitey Mitchell - b
Osie Johnson - dr
Neal Hefti - arr
Recorded New York City ; April 13 [# 2, 4, 6 & 7] & 23 [# 1, 3, 5, 8-10], 1956.
[# 11-16]
Tom Stewart - t hrn
Steve Lacy - ss
Dave McKenna - p
Whitey Mitchell - b
Al Levitt - dr
Recorded New York City ; February 1956.
[# 17]
Tom Stewart - t hrn
Steve Lacy - ss
Herbie Mann - a fl & ts
Joe Puma - g
Whitey Mitchell - b
Al Levitt - dr
Recorded New York City ; February 1956.
[# 18-20]
Same as above, except Bill Bradley - dr, replaces Al Levitt
Recorded New York City ; February 1956.
[# 21-22]
Same as # 17, except Herb Wasserman - dr, replaces Al Levitt.
Recorded New York City ; June 13, 1956
About this release
Lonely Hill LHJ10130 (Spain)
Tracks 1-10 originally released as "Whitey Mitchell Sextette". Tracks 11-20 previously issued on Tom Stewart Sextette/Quintet (ABC-Paramount ABC-117)
Recorded in New York 1956
Thanks to snobb for the addition